I just upgraded and got a new PC what are your takes on this system setup.--------------------------------------------------------Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 at 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4M Cache Vigor ALPHA FORCE Screwless Chassis w/TyphoonTM Air Ventilation SystemMetal Mesh Side Window for Improved VentilationVigor MonsoonTM II TEC Active CPU Cooling System with LCD DisplayTagan TG1100-U96 TurboJet nVidia-SLI Certified 1100Watt Power SupplyAsus Striker Extreme NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Intel Quad Core Ready 4GB Kingston HyperX KHX9600D2K2/2G CL5 X 2 DDR2 1200MHz Memory (4 X 1024MB)2 X 500GB S-ATA II 7200 RPM Hard Drive RAID 0 Performance - Striped Drives2 X WD Raptor 150GB WD RAPTOR S-ATA 10000RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive NOT RAID with Vigor Surf Hard Drive Cooler w/dual fansnVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB Xtreme Edition @600MHz, DVI and TV Out ASUS Internal SATA 1814BLT 18X LIGHTSCRIBE DVD+/- RW + CDRW Rewritable DriveDigital High Definition 3D 7.1 8-Channel Sound Onboard Gigabit (10/100/1000Mbps) PCI Network Card PCI WiFi Wireless 802.11b/g Wireless Card1 Parallel, 1 Game/Midi, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire and 6 to 10 USB ports LG L204WT 20QuoteMark 1680X1050 2000:1 5ms LCD MonitorLogitech G11 USB Gaming KeyboardLogitech G5 USB Gaming Laser Mouse1.44MB 3.5QuoteMark Floppy Drive Plus 8-in-1 Card ReaderDual Boot with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit and Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2

Cool system.Are you planning to Overclock? Manny

Wow! 1100 watt power supply? I wonder at what point you will need a 20 amp circuit?Sounds like a really nice system. Let us know how it runs FSX.Dale

>Cool system.>>Are you planning to Overclock? >>MannyYes I am having it overclocked to the max stable point.

Hello All, I was just pricing new systems today and that is almost identicial to what I was figuring . . . but it ain't cheap, and I'm gonna have to be a really good boy for Santa to get that for me.Best, Clayhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"

>Hello All, >>I was just pricing new systems today and that is almost>identicial to what I was figuring . . . but it ain't cheap,>and I'm gonna have to be a really good boy for Santa to get>that for me.>>Best, >Clay>http://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpg>>Clayton T. Dopke (Clay)>Major, USAF (retired)>"Drac"The total price for this unit is $3569.00 from Vigor Gaming. I know nothing about building a PC so that is why I went this direction. I already have a Samsung 226bw LCD so that it why I only went with the smaller LCD for the package.

Well..IF you can get it past 3.6Mhz then you have a system that cannot get any better as of this point in time. FSX would still test your patience but still.. FSX is gorgeous and you could have a great time.Good show!Manny

Well, for that price you could've gotten a Mac Pro with a two quad-core CPUs that will easily blow away this system, if paired with a 8800GTX and with a lot lower power consumption.Plus you could've run the best of both worlds - MacOS and Vista/XP without any major modding or cooling/power issues.I speak from my own experience and compared my AMD 4800+ X2 with a Mac mini 1.83 Core 2 Duo and the poor AMD does not stand a chance, even with a difference of nearly .4 Ghz in clock speed. Now take that times two and add four more cores in total. Heaven!Good luck with the next electric bill ;)Just my 2c.Pat

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